Nether Peover (pronounced Pee-ver) was a township in Lower Peover
chapelry of Great Budworth ancient parish, Northwich hundred (SJ 7373), which
became a civil parish in 1866.
It includes the hamlets of Fox Covert, Lower Peover (part) and Swan Green.
The population was 256 in 1801, 232 in 1851, 222 in 1901, and 295 in 1951.